Submission guide - Columbia GSAPP

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Fall 2020 Student Work Submission Guidelines

At the culmination of the Fall 2020 Semester, faculty are asked to submit digital files of student work for both a digital END OF YEAR SHOW exhibition and ABSTRACT/Columbia GSAPP’s archive. Please review the guidelines below and contact GSAPP Exhibitions or Abstract with specific questions.

December 21, 2020

Faculty must upload web-ready digital files for END OF YEAR SHOW and Abstract to the Google Drive folder (link provided via email) by this date.

File Labeling Standard

Submissions for END OF YEAR SHOW and ABSTRACT must use the same file labeling standard, so that authors can be easily identified for the image credit. Please follow the format below:

ProgramAbbreviation CriticLastName StudentName1 StudentName2 FA20 ImageNumber ImageTitle.ext

Example: ARCH Ames KenBohen JamieSmith FA20 01 section.tif

Program Abbreviations: 
ARCH: Architecture Studio
BST: Building Science and Technology 
CCCP: Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices 
HP: Historic Preservation Studio 
HT: History/Theory 
NYP: New York/Paris
 UD: Architecture and Urban Design
UP: Urban Planning
 VS: Visual Studies

Term Abbreviations: 
SU: Summer 
FA: Fall
SP: Spring

If the work was executed by a group, please include the names of all of the participants. Students’ names should be listed exactly how they should appear in the image credit.

End of Year Show
File Standards (online)

Still images submitted for EOYS must be exported in a web-ready format: JPG (raster images), PNG (vector images), or GIF files are accepted.
JPEG and PNG files must not exceed a maximum edge of 2000 pixels and a file size of 3MB.
GIF files must not exceed a maximum file size of 3MB and frame count of 50.
Videos can be submitted in .mp4 or .mov format with a maximum file size of 10GB. Video files will be uploaded to the GSAPP YouTube Channel and embedded into the EOYS site.
PDF files must be downsized to a maximum of 25MB.

Abstract File Standards (print)

Do not submit wall-sized boards, multi-page PDFs, or multiple drawings or images in a single image file
Raster images (images, such as renderings, photographs, or collages) should be saved with the following specs: 8-bit TIFF files, CMYK colorspace (not RGB), and approximately 8x10” at 300 dpi, but no larger than 11x17” at 300dpi. Files should not be compressed or contain layers or alpha channels.
Vector images (line work, such as AutoCAD or Illustrator drawings) should be saved as .AI (Adobe Illustrator) files, in CMYK color space (not RGB).
Physical models should be photographed, color corrected in Photoshop, converted to CMYK, and saved in an 8-bit TIFF format (300 DPI and approximately 8"x10"). The files should be flattened and not contain layers or alpha channels.
Make sure that all solid “black” areas are true black (C=0%, Y=0%, M=0%, K=100%), not “rich black” (C=100%, Y=100%, M=100%, K=100%)
For vector files, Make sure that ALL lines are at the very least 60% black, optimally 100% black. If you want to have line hierarchy, achieve that through lineweights, not through making lines gray
Please do not include any text embedded in your images

Please refer to the Abstract page for further details.